The Space Show this week – April.16.2018

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, April 16, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 PM CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. Kirsten Howley of the Lawrence Livermore Lab to discuss Project Hammer for asteroid deflection and more with us.

2. Tuesday, April 17, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome back Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA.

3. Wednesday, April 18, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

4. Friday, April 20, 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT): We welcome back Jose Ocasio-Christain to the show for updates on the Caelus Partners “Community in Space” Project.

5. Sunday, April 22, 2018: 12-1:30 pm PDT; 2-3:30 pm CDT; 3-4:30 pm EDT. Welcome to our OPEN LINES program. All callers welcome, especially first time callers. Space and Science topics welcome.

See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

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Videos: TMRO Orbit 11.15 – “Rod Pyle’s Amazing Stories of the Space Age”

The latest episode of TMRO.tv is now available in the archive: Rod Pyle’s Amazing Stories of the Space Age – Orbit 11.15 – TMRO

Author Rod Pyle joins us to talk about many topics including the Space 2.0 Revolution, International Space Development Conference and how to build a Death Star.

Launches and news topics covered:

Launches:
Long March 4C Launches Yaogan-31 Trio
PSLV-XL Launches IRNSS-1I

News:
Orion Span Announces Plan for Space Hotel
Elon Musk Posts Picture of BFR layup tool
New Lunar Tour from LRO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5Pj…)
Tiangong 1 Burns Up on Re-entry over Pacific

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Videos: “Space to Ground” report on ISS – April.13.2018

Here is this week’s episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on activities related to the International Space Station:

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba uses the unique environment of weightless on the ISS to give a STEM demonstration of the relationship between kinetic and potential energy:

Wheat is now growing on the ISS: Giving Roots and Shoots Their Space: The Advanced Plant Habitat | NASA

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